Shocking images of huge fire sweeping Saddleworth Moor,

These shocking images capture the early stages of the raging fire that has swept across Saddleworth Moor for the last three days.

Holidaymaker Kate MacRae, 48, snapped the scene from a plane when she spotted huge palls of smoke rising into the sky from her seat.

She was returning to Manchester Airport from a trip to the Shetlands via Aberdeen when she spotted the clouds of smoke as the plane was descending to land.